Kim City - March 30 - They say move up & use swimbait

[Dock-in-it]

Fished this morning and finally found some fish around 9:30. Water clarity is something you have to factor into your fishing style (deep vs shallow bushes). I fished deep with a swimbait and underspin in stained water with decent visibility. I found fish bugging shad and kept the boat in 25 to 35ft. The fish get real lure shy once they know your presence and see your lure several times. So I keep the boat about 80ft from the shad/fish. The smallmouth really like the underspin when they are around shad.

The fish got smaller when I tried shallow (12 - 15ft).

Water clarity at Mill Creek ramp is probably 18 inches. 

8 keepers 

WT 53.5 and varied with stained conditions 

 

[Steve McBasser]

Nicely done Dock....

[Bill Babler]

Beautiful fish. Appreciate the post. 

[Macsimus]

Really nice brownies. Green with envy. 😁

[Dock-in-it]

The shallow RK fishermen should have a good day in the wind and stain.

I fished a RK this morning and had 3 good LM. I was in lazy mode just trying to avoid the major wind.

Slime is a problem near the old bank line.

Started in the back of a creek to avoid extreme wind and find some nicely stained water as compared to the main lake. You could not avoid the wind, but some manageable wind definitely helped. Started catching fish around mid creek area in the little cuts or lay downs.

I was very surprised by the water temp. It reached 54.5 yesterday with 80 air temps and 20 mph SW winds. But this morning the water temp was 50 and air temp 45. Also the extreme winds and current have really changed water stain conditions for the better in certain areas. 

I did not see another boat except the 2 dozen Joe Bass guys headed towards the James / White split.

 

 

[gabe]

Nice!  Good day on the water.

[Bill Babler]

Those are a couple of Dandies